Go ahead, make me.A giant problem for West Virginia West Virginia, E central state of the United States. It is bordered by Pennsylvania and Maryland (N), Virginia (E and S), and Kentucky and, across the Ohio R., Ohio (W). Facts and Figures Area, 24,181 sq mi (62,629 sq km). Pop. is Workman's Compensation, a fund that corporations are supposed to finance in order to pay benefits to their workers who are injured in·jure tr.v. in·jured, in·jur·ing, in·jures 1. To cause physical harm to; hurt. 2. To cause damage to; impair. 3. on the job. The catch is that in West Virginia a lot of the coal companies fail to pay their share of the premiums. They have been allowed to get away without paying, sometimes by corrupt officials, but more often for the same reasons that keep the state from enforcing environmental laws: It doesn't does·n't Contraction of does not. want to risk shutting down the companies and throwing their employees out of work. The coal industry, according to according to prep. 1. As stated or indicated by; on the authority of: according to historians. 2. In keeping with: according to instructions. 3. the Gazette's Paul J. Nyden, is responsible for half of the unfunded liability of the Workman's fund, which now runs more than $3 billion. Is there a similar problem in other states? |
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